Malden Center (MBTA station)

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	Orange Line
									Oak Grove

									Malden Center



									Wellington

									Sullivan Square

									Community College

									North Station



									Haymarket



									State



									Downtown Crossing



									Chinatown



									NE Medical Center



									Back Bay



									Mass Ave

									Ruggles



									Roxbury Crossing

									Jackson Sq

									Stony Brook

									Green Street

									Forest Hills


	Old Main Line Elevated stations Everett - Sullivan Square Thompson Square City Square - North Station Tunnel (Haymarket to Chinatown) Dover - Northampton - Dudley Egleston - Green - Forest Hills

Malden Center Station is an MBTA station on the Orange Line and Commuter Rail, located on Pleasant Street in downtown Malden, Massachusetts. It is an elevated station serving Malden's Edgeworth and downtown areas, with a small parking lot and connections to several bus lines. Boarding an outbound train here only will take you one stop to Oak Grove, while inbound trains take riders through Boston via North Station and Downtown Crossing. Transfer to MBTA Commuter Rail is possible from a platform that is parallel to the orange line island platform. In 2004, the station added a second exit stairwell and its first and only elevator, making the station handicap accesible.

1 History
2 Accessibility
3 Bus Routes and Parking
4 External links

[edit] History

Malden Station opened on December 27, 1975, as part of the MBTA's new northern branch of the Orange Line. This new branch eliminated the old Everett Station that same year.

[edit] Accessibility

As of 2004, this station is wheelchair accessible as part of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. And as of Fall 2006, this station is also equipped with CharlieCard technology, replacing subway tokens.

[edit] Bus Routes and Parking

The MBTA maintains a parking lot for Malden Station with 188 spaces at the rate of $3.50 per day. The lot is extremely cramped and narrow and nearly filled to capacity every day around the morning rush hour.